Alcohol sales ban for end of Buddhist Lent Day on Monday, October 10th
By Adam Judd

 

The end of Buddhist Lent this year will be on Monday, October 10th when alcohol sales will be banned.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273513-alcohol-sales-ban-for-end-of-buddhist-lent-day-on-monday-october-10th/

Thai woman allegedly races against a Belgian driver on Pattaya road and crashes
By Tanakorn Panyadee

 

 

Pattaya — A Thai woman allegedly raced her sedan against a Belgian driver on a Pattaya road and crashed into a power pole, claiming she got enranged after the foreign driver ridiculed her car.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273515-thai-woman-allegedly-races-against-a-belgian-driver-on-pattaya-road-and-crashes/

Pattaya cannabis seller files police report after being allegedly threatened by gun-wielder to stop selling cannabis
By Tanakorn Panyadee

 

 

Pattaya — A Thai cannabis seller claimed to Pattaya police that he was threatened by an enraged pistol-wielding man to stop selling cannabis.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273516-pattaya-cannabis-seller-files-police-report-after-being-allegedly-threatened-by-gun-wielder-to-stop-selling-cannabis/

 

Pattaya police increase Walking Street patrols and parking enforcement
By Nop Meechukhun

 

 

Banglamung, Chonburi – Pattaya police along with city law enforcement officials went on patrol at Walking Street on Saturday evening, October 1st, to inspect and manage car parking and pedestrian sidewalks.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273517-pattaya-police-increase-walking-street-patrols-and-parking-enforcement/

 

Across Thailand police crackdown nets 145 guns, thousands of gun parts and ammunition
 

 

Thai police have seized more than 145 guns, thousands of gun parts, machine tools for making guns and ammunition in recent nation-wide raids.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273518-across-thailand-police-crackdown-nets-145-guns-thousands-of-gun-parts-and-ammunition/

 

Japanese tourist missing in rough seas off Phang-nga as his wife is rescued

 

 

A search and rescue operation has resumed today (Sunday) for a Japanese tourist who was washed away by stormy seas in Takua Pa district of the southern Thai province of Phang Nga yesterday, as he and his wife were swimming.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273519-japanese-tourist-missing-in-rough-seas-off-phang-nga-as-his-wife-is-rescued/

 

Extensive flooding in Thailand’s northern and north-eastern provinces

 

 

Workers using tractors were working hard this morning (Sunday) to clear mudslides and fallen trees blocking Highway 11 to the northern region in Na Yang sub-district of Phichai district of Uttaradit province.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273521-extensive-flooding-in-thailand’s-northern-and-north-eastern-provinces/

 

New police chief is installed to lead the kingdom’s battle against crime, begins with illegal guns online
by Carla Boonkong & Pranee O' Connorin

 

Outgoing National Police Commissioner General Suwat Jang­yod­suk (left) hands over the flag of the Royal Thai Police to newly installed Commissioner General Damrongsak Kittiprapat (right) on Friday at a ceremony at Royal Thai Police headquarters attended by all senior officers of the force.
 

Touching ceremony at Royal Thai Police headquarters sees power transferred from one police chief to the next. General Damrongsak Kittiprapat takes up the role as leader of an organisation with up to 230,000 officers at any one time and 20% of all civil servants employed in Thailand across dozens of agencies.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273522-new-police-chief-is-installed-to-lead-the-kingdom’s-battle-against-crime-begins-with-illegal-guns-online/

 

Face masks still mandatory on public transport, cinemas in Thailand
By Online Reporter

 

file photo

Despite Thailand relaxing almost all of the measures put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19, the wearing of face masks remains mandatory on public transport and in cinemas, the Department of Health has said.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273523-face-masks-still-mandatory-on-public-transport-cinemas-in-thailand/

 

Anti-Prayut protesters launch campaign demanding PM’s ouster

 

 

Anti-Prayut protesters, led by Sombat Boonngarm-anong, launched a campaign on Sunday demanding the ouster of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, by pasting stickers which read “Out Prayut” on a wall surrounding the site of what used to be the Scala theatre in Bangkok’s Pathumwan district.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273524-anti-prayut-protesters-launch-campaign-demanding-pm’s-ouster/

 

Prawit To Be Named In Lieu Of Prayut As Palang Pracharath’s PM Candidate 
By Thai Newsroom Reporters

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, right, and Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan, left.

 

DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER-cum-Palang Pracharath party leader Prawit Wongsuwan will likely be named partisan candidate for head of government in the next general election, a coalition MP confirmed Friday (Oct. 1).

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273525-prawit-to-be-named-in-lieu-of-prayut-as-palang-pracharath’s-pm-candidate/

 

After Weeks Of Flooding Lat Krabang Residents Find Sandbags Stuffed In A Drain 
TNR Staff

 

 

RESIDENTS of a neighbourhood in Bangkok’s Lat Krabang district that has been flooded since September 10 with the floodwater now reeking today (Oct. 2) found that sandbags had been stuffed into a key drain, Amarin TV said.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273526-after-weeks-of-flooding-lat-krabang-residents-find-sandbags-stuffed-in-a-drain/

 

Central Vaccination Center closes; other vaccination sites remain operational
by Namo Vananupong

 

    
BANGKOK (NNT) - The Central Vaccination Center at Bang Sue Grand Station has shut its doors on 30 September after providing its final jabs to vaccine recipients. Those who were planning to visit the center may instead head to the Institute of Dermatology at Victory Monument. Meanwhile, other vaccination sites around the country are still offering their free services.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273527-central-vaccination-center-closes-other-vaccination-sites-remain-operational/

 

Pattaya Police to intensely patrol Pattaya Beach, crack down on illegal alcohol drinking after recent incidents
By Goongnang Suksawat

 

 

Pattaya – The Pattaya Police have intensely begun patrolling Pattaya Beach at night after several teenagers and young adults had altercations in front of the Pattaya Police Station.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273528-pattaya-police-to-intensely-patrol-pattaya-beach-crack-down-on-illegal-alcohol-drinking-after-recent-incidents/

 

Big Plastic Factory Ablaze In Songkhla, 2 Workers Injured
TNR Staff 

 

A LARGE plastic factory in Hat Yai district of southern Songkhla province caught fire at noon today (Oct. 2) injuring two workers as it spread rapidly and engulfed the entire plant, Amarin TV said.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273529-big-plastic-factory-ablaze-in-songkhla-2-workers-injured/

 

NATIONAL NEWS from Surf 102.5 FM - Monday October 3 2022
 

 

Listen to the news: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273533-national-news-from-surf-1025-fm-monday-october-3-2022/

 

Thailand’s economic outlook into 2023 looks bleak as world economies head for a ‘hard’ recession

By Thanaphum Charoensombatpanich

 

Thailand’s economic outlook looks bleaker than most anticipate it to be as some of the major sources of economic growth are likely to face turbulence in the months ahead as exports and tourism may not be able to live up to expectations as global economy goes in for a tailspin.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273534-thailand’s-economic-outlook-into-2023-looks-bleak-as-world-economies-head-for-a-‘hard’-recession/

 

Thai Airways opens application for new CEO who has vision, ethics, integrity agile and is tech savvy

By Thanaphum Charoensombatpanich

 

Embattled national carrier – Thai Airways International Plc (THAI), has announced that it was in search of a ‘Chief Executive Officer’ who is ‘ethical’ and has ‘exemplified integrity’.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273535-thai-airways-opens-application-for-new-ceo-who-has-vision-ethics-integrity-agile-and-is-tech-savvy/

 

Pattaya: Two foreign men latest victims of thieving Beach Road prostitutes - 140K pinched

 

Daily News Thai Caption: Prostitutes' star attractions

 

A Russian and an Indian man are the latest victims of theft perpetrated by Beach Road prostituites in Pattaya on Thailand's eastern seaboard.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273541-pattaya-two-foreign-men-latest-victims-of-thieving-beach-road-prostitutes-140k-pinched/

 

"Melody Pub" busted in NE - residents complained about noise and under age drinking

 

Daily News Thai Caption: Busted over noise

 

Police from Thailand's anti-human trafficking division or ATPD raided a pub called Melody in Tha Khon Yang sub-district of Kanthornchai district Mahasarakham NEThailand on Sunday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273542-melody-pub-busted-in-ne-residents-complained-about-noise-and-under-age-drinking/

 

Video: "Good Thai driving" makes up for bad motorcycle riding

 

Close to the end

 

Netizens were praising the driving ability of a pick-up driver after a motorcyclist came out of a gas station into their path.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273544-video-good-thai-driving-makes-up-for-bad-motorcycle-riding/

 

Cruel and calculated Thai lady killer says he got tips from "Farang Movie"

 

Daily News Thai Caption: Copy Cat Farang Movie Killer!

 

Daily News described the scene as chilling for hardened newshounds as a Bangkok area killer coolly admitted how he had dismembered his girlfriend's body and buried the pieces under the expressway.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273545-cruel-and-calculated-thai-lady-killer-says-he-got-tips-from-farang-movie/

 

Tim Newton Today - Oct 3: Thailand's taxi 'mafias', flooding heads to Bangkok

 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273546-tim-newton-today-oct-3-thailands-taxi-mafias-flooding-heads-to-bangkok/

 

China-Thailand railway boosts Thais' expectation for greater connectivity
Source: Xinhua | Editor: huaxia

 

The China-Thailand railway aims to energize the economic development in Thailand and promote the interconnection of the pan-Asian railway network. Serving as a bridge for closer people-to-people exchanges between Thailand and China, the railway will help boost tourism and regional connectivity.  

 

Aerial photo taken on Sept. 7, 2022, shows a construction site of the China-Thailand railway in Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand.(Xinhua/Lin Hao)

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273548-china-thailand-railway-boosts-thais-expectation-for-greater-connectivity/

 

Brazen Loei gold shop robbery - Big Joke on scene as policeman caught with all the loot

 

Picture: Siam Rath

 

The 1.5 million baht armed robbery from the Yaowarat Krung Thep gold shop in Lotus, Loei, north eastern Thailand on Friday has been quickly solved.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273550-brazen-loei-gold-shop-robbery-big-joke-on-scene-as-policeman-caught-with-all-the-loot/

 

Graduate Tae killed by 15 year old behind the wheel of a BMW

 

Sanook Thai Caption: Farewell Tae

 

Sanook reported on the tragic death of a uni graduate called Thanaphol Kaewmoon or Tae, 24, from Nakhon Sawan.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273551-graduate-tae-killed-by-15-year-old-behind-the-wheel-of-a-bmw/

 

Chiang Mai's River Exceeds Critical Level

 

Photo Credit: Chiang Mai Provincial Police

CHIANG MAI, Oct 3 (TNA) – The Ping River exceeded its critical level and the governor of the northern province ordered local officials to be prepared to help flood victims.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273552-chiang-mais-river-exceeds-critical-level/

 

"All your data is safe" says govt as Thai Chana app and Covid entry requirements scrapped

 

Picture: Amarin TV

 

Thai government deputy spokeswoman Rachada Thandirek formally announced the end to the Covid era Thai app "Thai Chana" and entry requirements for travellers.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273553-all-your-data-is-safe-says-govt-as-thai-chana-app-and-covid-entry-requirements-scrapped/

 

RKY to the rescue as "testicular ring man" gets relief after four years

 

Picture: INN

 

Medics at the Krung Thai hospital in Pak Kret, Nonthaburi lacked the expertise of Ruam Katanyu rescue services when it came to removing testicular rings.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273554-rky-to-the-rescue-as-testicular-ring-man-gets-relief-after-four-years/

 

Finders of "Golden Goby" - Pla Boo Thong - turn down 7 figure sum for fish

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Social Media in Sa Kaeo province in eastern Thailand was following the story of a group of people who found a Golden Goby in an agricultural pond in Wang Nam Yen district.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1273555-finders-of-golden-goby-pla-boo-thong-turn-down-7-figure-sum-for-fish/